What is Your Favorite Social Bookmarking Site?

Bloggers have a fascination with these sites – some because of the lure of avalanches of traffic, others because they find them to be sources of inspiration for posts and others because of the social interaction.

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My favorite is Stumbleupon, because I am curious and love finding new content; I would be into it even if I didn’t blog. But I love checking Reddit and Digg daily for entertainment purposes and to see what the buzz is.

Darren, alongside me, several of the folks I collaborate with in social media consulting circles have taken to using ma.gnolia.com as our social bookmarking site of choice. While del.icio.us is great and incredibly lightweight (plus they have an awesome Firefox plugin), ma.gnolia offers a richer social experience.

The only social news site I both read and submit to now days is the Australian focused Kwoff. Though I would also call Tumblr a social news/bookmarking site as it goes beyond being just a blogging platform and acts like a discovery tool with social interaction built in for good measure.

Am I the only one seeing very, very tiny results bars? I know most of us can count but it is always great to have a visual reference when comparing results.

I selected StumbleUpon too but I suspect our individual blog niches make a huge impact on the quality and quantity of traffic these social media sites distribute. Our interests would also influence the social aspect of these sites. StumbleUpon seems like the best fit for me (from those I’ve tried so far) and I absolutely love the stats it brings my way. In fact, I love it so much I wrote about it: Hit Explosions – StumbleUpon More Traffic

I like StumbleUpon for several reasons. It sends me more traffic than any other social site. Many others, like Digg only count if you hit the front page and my blog isn´t really meant for Diggers.

SU also has a variety of very useful content and I use it frequently to get ideas for blog posts and articles that I´m writing. It´s a great source of inspiration (and a good time waster, too, if you aren´t careful!).

Del.icio.us for me as a bookmarking site – I use it extensively. I can organize bookmarks efficiently to use it as a reference, It is not so time dependent – if an article is years old but still of use I can find it there. It is not about what is the flavor of the day or boosting your mates to give them kudos, it is a useful tool.
I do not class Stumbleupon as a ‘bookmarking tool’, and would rarely go back there to find things again. The emphasis with SU is on the ‘social’ and it is more valuable as a traffic tool and keeping up with what is new. I use the two for very different purposes.

I love Stumble, mostly because it sends my little blog gobs of traffic and has really helped my blog grow over the last year. I tried Digg a while back, but got fed up with only a few users controlling most of the content most of the time.

I love del.icio.us because it is most useful as a personal bookmarking tool. It keeps my hundreds of bookmarks I might need one day.
I love stumble upon cause it is fun to jump over the web when I am bored and it is a nice way to share what you like.
I love redit cause it sends me most traffic.

I’m having better, more consistent success with StumbleUpon. I like the fact that it provides an ongoing “stumble stream” rather than the feast or famine “Digg effect”, although I’m still working on creating those lasting, ongoing “stumble streams”.

I’m a huge fan of Digg and StumbleUpon, but if you use the term “social bookmarking,” the answer to the question is SU. Digg is more, to me, like a “social news” site. I typically use it for breaking and interesting news. If I want to get news that I refer back to later, it’s all about SU, baby.

I use Delicious to save bookmarks and Stumble to randomly browse the web.

But I haven’t really checked out the others. I know Digg has a big fan base but it reminds me a bit too much of the Slashdot crowd. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s not a good fit for me).

Stumble Upon is by far the best. The range of topic’s. Ease and fun of using. Easy to find tons of info on subjects your interested in. Great for info for blog post. Great for finding friend’s and other bloggers with similar interest.

Plus I get Sooo Much more Traffic from Stumble Upon than any place els, with so little effort too.